LA 1201 Chapter : LA1201 Conrad Midterm
Document Summary
A legacy for living film: landscape architects deals with the problems of adapting man to the environment; man. Islamic: hot and arid, wanted to crate an oasis; walled paradise, major theme: four rivers, quadrangular layout, architecture is geometric and colorful. Greek: beautifully fitted to the site; stadium in the mountains, famous for their architecture. Informal, irregular, free arrangement that was not geometric. Irrigation: water comes from ice melts; meanders down. Indoor/outdoor relationships between houses and gardens due to nice climate. Introspective and defensive: small, compact cities completely surrounded by walls. Pompeii: buried city: atrium outdoor; houses open out to the garden. Middle ages: cloistered quadrangles with gardens inside for study; related to parisian gardens (trade route) England: cool and damp climate perfect for green grass and flowers, early gardens were also italian imitations, design revolution : literary discussion of the landscape, ladscape school attacked.
